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Re: [T3] cross threaded spark plugs


----- Original Message -----
From: Russ Wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>
> >
> > A wheel bolt with a slot cut down the side of the thread can be used as
a
> > thread chaser. Just make sure you don't drop it inside the tinware!
> >
> I don't think so. I have a damaged lug bolt hole, and have been
investigating
> the lug bolt thread size, to get a tap to repair it. The books say that
the
> lug bolt is 14mm x 1.50, and spark plugs are 14mm x 1.25 .
>
> --
I hadn't tried it myself, partly due to the risk of dropping, mainly because
I never needed to clean up a plug thread, so I was going by what I was told.
Obviously I was told wrong. Sorry.

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